Process of embossing plaiting



July'2l, 1925.

I H. FRISCHER PROCESS EMBQSSING- PLAITING Filed April 10, 1923 Patented July 21, T1925.

UNHTED STATES HARRY FRISGBZEE, OF NIWV YORK, N. Y.

1 H PROCESS OF EMBOSSING PLAITING.

Application filed. April 10, 1923.. Serial No. 631,187.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HARRY FRLSOHER, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in a Process of Embossing llaiting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and iinproved method oi? embossing plaited material and one of the objects or the invention is to provide a method such that embossed or raised designs may be produced in plaited material without injury to the plaits and whereby the embossing is relatively higher or deeper than it has been possible to produce embossing in methods hitherto practiced.

Other objects and aims of the invention more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of 'he steps and the relation oi? each step to one or more of the others thereof employed in carrying out my method, and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing one way in which my improved method may be carried out; and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout both views thereof, the reference numeral 1 denotes a strip of textile material which has been plaited as shown.

In the present embodiment of the inven tion I have shown the material plaited with what is known as a box plait although it will be understood that other kinds of plaiting known as accordian plaiting, may be operated upon according to my improved method.

In carrying out my method I provide a pair out opposed rollers suitably driven at equal speeds in opposite directions. These rollers are indicated at 2 and 3 respectively. The rollers are heated by any suitable method. Roller 1 has cut or otherwise formed therein the particular design that it is desired to emboss upon the plaited materla Reference numeral i denotes a strip of relatively soft material, such for instance as, flannel, said strip having a width substantially as that of the plaited material to be embossed.

In carrying out my improved method the plaited material is superimposed upon the strip of flannel i and the two strips are then passed between the rollers as clearly shown in Figure 2. It will be noted that the strip of flannel 4. runs in contact with roller 3. During the passage of the two strips between the rollers the relatively soft flannel causes the plaited material to be forced upwardly into the depression 5 of the roller 2, thereby causing the plaited material to take on the form of the design of the roller 2, whereby the plaited material is embossed as indicated in Figure 1. The heat applied to the plait ed material by the rollers between which it passes causes the embossing to permanently retain its shape.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a method well adapted among others, to attain all of the objects above stated, in an exceedingly simple and eflicient manner.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of. the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by ters Patent is:

1. The herein described method of embossing plaited textile material, which consists in providing a pair of mating rollers, one of which has formed therein the design to be embossed, providing a strip of soft textile material, such as flannel, laying said. strip of flannel and the material to be embossed in superimposed relation, and then passing them between said rollers.

2. The herein described method of embossing plaited material, which consists in providing a pair of mating rollers, one of which rollers is plain and the other has formed therein the design to be embossed, providing a strip of relatively soft textile material, such as flannel, laying said strip of flannel and said material to be imposed in superimposed relation, and then passing said assembly between Said rollers with the bossing roller.

3. The herein described methodof embossing plaited sists in providing a textile material, Whichconpair of mating rollers,

one of which is plain, and the other having formed therein the design to be embossed,

heating said rollers, relatively soft textile providing a strip of material, such as flannel, providing a strip of plaited textile mate- 10 rial, laying said strip of flannel and the strip of plaited material in superimposed relation,- and then passing them between said rollers with the flannel side of the assembly engaged with the, embossing roller.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

HARRY FRISGHER. 

